Have We Changed with Time? July 2025 Challenge

Ed, your July 2025 Challenge post, "Have We Changed with Time?", offers a thoughtful reflection on the evolution of patience through your real estate career. You highlight that while technical knowledge is taught, the art of managing emotions and fostering client confidence in complex transactions is learned through experience. Your engineering background provides a logical foundation, but the nuanced development of patience, especially in overcoming contractual hurdles, truly demonstrates significant growth over time. It's clear how essential this quality is for real estate success.

Good morning, Ed... it's interesting how many people have written about the issue of patience for this challenge, myself included.

Good morning Ed,

Patience is something we've all had to learn over time and some unfortunately never learn how to manage it! LOL! Good entry into the July challenge.

Ed Silva, 203-206-0754 - I really liked your blog post. One line that popped out to me was: "My logical mind, engineers are trained to be this way, allowed me to keep the eye on the prize, and keep everything moving forward." I did not understand that when I got married so young to a person with an engineer brain. I think we both spent most of our lives together having to learn how to be patient with each other. 

If I had known that I would have gotten into real estate soon after marriage. 

Thank you for an outstanding and very educational blog post entry for this month's challenge!

Thanks for sharing this thoughtful piece, Ed Silva, 203-206-0754. I really appreciate your honesty about how patience evolves through experience. It's something many of us can relate to. Your insights remind us that growth often comes from the challenges we face, both in life and in real estate. Grateful for your share! 😊

Ed sometimes the excitement for the day, is what new pain am I going to discover today ..... LOL

Ed, patience is still sometimes hard to achieve in some instances.   But, we can all continue to try.

Hi Ed,
I think I've experienced the reverse now that I am retired. I no longer want to or have to put up with other people's nonsense. 😂

Hello Ed - I admit patience continues to be a struggle of sorts.  There are examples from everyday life with situations and while cruising the AR blogroll where some of the $^!+ that is shared is evidence where my patience is tested.  So much in life is but a game - play on. . .   

Ed, Yes in our line of work we are offered endless situations in which to practice patience. Thanks for your post.

Great entry for this month's challenge, Ed. When I hired for our staffing office, I noticed that parents had a great deal of patience. I suppose you need that if you want to survive it. 

Ed Silva, 203-206-0754 Patience is what I have to agree with you on the most. My blood pressure is much better. Great post, ED. 

Patience is a must in the real estate business, and it's so interesting how so many of us have improved in that area.

Good morning Ed. Experience causes change gradually that you sometimes never notice, but since the only true constant is change it comes with age. Enjoy your day. 

I am seeing a lot of posts for this challenge that speak about patience which makes me feel a little bit better about struggling with patience myself, haha.

Good Tuesday afternoon, Ed.

Thanks for sharing some of your personal experience.

Have a great day!

Wise/smart people have patience!  Like you said....they keep their eye on the ball and make things happen.  Thankfully I have one of those type of brains as does Gary.  And guess what, like Carol Williams I don't put any energy on wack jobs!  And that's been for years!  I say....let them go on their own path!

Hi Ed:

Patience is certainly key in our business, and can be a challenge in certain situations. Some manage it better than others. I enjoyed reading your entry - thank you!

Jeff

Learning to be patient is quite a journey, glad you worked on it to become a better agent and golfer, Ed! 

BTW, how is your game?

Ed, Waiting gracefully plays a big role in what we do, though it isn’t always easy. In some cases, it really tests us, and people handle it in their own ways.